Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-12
VOORHEES, DISCONTINUE.
Snabbed BY the President
and Regulated by
His Party.
What the Etadiag SEATTLE Democrats
Say Of His Attatk upon
GsT ERsF sqaire.
A Cenp,ete yindiestion Of the Cover
Roz's Psrsonal and 0flsial
Motives and Acts.

While man ocs0pyiEg public posi-
ton Is 9 proper s1hisef for criticism and
has no iasa osnse for complaint II his
of6ciAl zstisn d Opposed and com
meuted upcn By those Who differ with
him, still there Is 3 iimit beyond which
even political necessity viii not justify
= person in eoiEa IN criticizing polisi-
cal opponent. Honest and honorable
opposition and discussion are the bai-
uarks Of chr system Of government.
Bat dishonest criticism and dishonor
ahls iosinuztions are the tools Of IN
prineipled men ard are evsT iostinaoie.
when Mr.. Yeorhses, il his resent in
teFviex With Ns1 York Sss reporter.
attacking Presidsnt Cleveland, asserted
that Governor Squire prostituse6 his
high offse % peFsongl natives ard
gain, during the Chinese troables, be
uttered deliberate lie. and be knew il.
He oovardly took advantage of the fact
that the ouildinRs ghich we're selected
asd taken By the United States ofisers
for their tFooes belonged to Governor
Squire, 10 assert. without the shadow Of
q Foundation upOn which to base such
an assertion, that g vernon Squire vas
satuated in declaring martial lay and
In asking for troops by desire to pecu
niarily benz is himself. The fasts Of
the csse we're. as is a5updantlv shovB
by the following documents and letters
that the buildings vere taken. not in
aeeorsance With Governor SQuirs's
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desires. Aud, instead OF the Occapa-
ton being 3 source Of gain to him, be
really lost ny it. No man With the in
stincts Of q gentleman We1id stoop to
saeh q charge. Mr.. Voorhees,. in max
ing ID, has made mere marked whst
vas already known. that be is y holly
vsntins in principle and is ever reads
to stoop to sny measure, however base,
to further his own ends.
The documents and letters printed Sc
low come from gentlemen Of the high
est standing regardless Of party. The
pFotest that 10 zig ed exclusively by
Democrats is in Itself eOmplete yIndi
eaten Of she Governor and is one Of
tse highest compliments that could Be-
paid to q public man. Coming as j
does from pSlitical oppsneHts il 10 OF
uausuAl force. Many Of the gentlemen
whose MINES appear we're men who oe-
CAPPED ofiisisl positions st tbs time Of
the trouble, and all Of them are men Of
reeo0aiEsd integrity and standing in
she Democratic party, VITO we're present
At the time referred to in Seattle and
who ara thsrefore 10 q position TO kGos
whereof they speak. TIE letter of ex
Ckisf Justice Greene Is also one Of
great force, and thoss Who know the man
kaoW the weight that should be attached
to Whist be says
Tie letters Of the officers who we're in
command when The troops were in Sc
attic leave no room for do1bting that
the Governor vas in no way instrumen
tai in having his buildings selected as
quarters fer the troops. Tae letters Of
Msssrs. Wheeler and Boone are ais
important in showing the true facts Of
the csss.
All Of the appended documents taken
tseeshsr show coneiusively, as has been
sid, the utter grouudiessness OF the
charges made by ar. Voorhees, and es-
tsslish beyond question ~hst those wbo
know Governor Squire have always be
lieve6, that as a msn his integrity is be
yend rsproach, and as an ofisial be has
striven TO do What he fsls vas bis daily.